Paris: Novak Djokovic began his partnership with Andre Agassi with victory on Monday but the American legend definitely won't be around if the Serb successfully defends his title.
Djokovic, who lost his No. 1 ranking to Murray a year ago, has hired Agassi as part of his bid to win Roland Garros and become the first man in the Open era to win each of the four Majors at least twice.
Alexander Zverev downed Djokovic in Rome to become the first player born in the 1990s to land a Masters title.
It was a similar story early in the second set with the Serbian world No.2 returning everything Granollers tried to throw at him as he went 4-1 up before a wobble saw him fail to convert eight set points at 5-3.
The Spanish star came back into the game to level the score at 4-4, before taking the next two games for a two-set lead. "Everything he says is very useful and it definitely makes sense, so I'm trying to implement certain things on the court". Was not an easy opponent in the first round, obviously.
"I pulled my back yesterday and specialists were saying I needed 48 hours, I was nearly sure I could not take it to court today", said Mladenovic, who burst into tears after a two-hour-59-minute tussle. "After that I made the break straight and then finished a close set, then it was a little bit less hard", he added.
― Reuters picPARIS, May 31 ― Spaniard Rafael Nadal, seeking a record-extending 10th title at the French Open, faces big-serving Dutchman Robin Haase in the second round today.
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Uruguay's 22nd-seed Pablo Cuevas has brushed aside Maxime Hamou 6-3 6-2 6-4.
For her, the 2010 champion and 2011 runner-up Schiavone had many unbelievable moments. "She has been on the Tour for such a long time". She looked slightly better when back on court but still appeared to be moving slowly. "She's still playing, and fitter than most of the players", Muguruza said of Schiavone.
The Las Vegan is only scheduled to stay in Paris until the end of this week before he has to leave for other prior engagements. The fourth seed is to meet Estonia's Anett Kontaveit for a place in round 3.
The 35-year-old Ferrer prevailed 5-7, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 13-11 and improved to 22-11 in five-set matches (6-1 at French Open). Raonic, whose best run at the French Open came when he made the 2014 quarter-finals, fired 15 aces and 44 winners to book a meeting with Mikhail Youzhny of Russian Federation or Brazil's Rogerio Dutra Silva.
No. 19 CoCo Vandeweghe was beaten by Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 6-1, 6-4, while No. 25 Lauren Davis was eliminated by Carina Witthoeft of Germany 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Croatian Marin Cilic, the seventh-seed, beat Latvia's Ernests Gulbis 6-3 6-3 6-3.
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